Kambo Part 2

My Personal Experience with the Sacred Frog medicine - Sam Hales

Counting the rows of dots on my wrist, I´ve received Kambo in ceremony 5 times now, and I´ll be honest, It doesn´t seem to get any easier!

However, each time is just as strong and significant as the last.

My past was an eventful one, to say the least.

I´ve always enjoyed pushing boundaries, testing limits and seeing where the wind would take me.

However, I was also lead to trouble, trauma, drinking, drugs, depression, attempted suicides, damaging relationships, and living in a world where drama and feeling awful everyday was "normal."

I was brought up in a family fuelled with accepted alcoholism and trauma bonds, which then lead to learning coping strategies and destructive behavioral patterns which took over my life so much so, that I had no idea life could be any different.

I believed I was bad, inside and out.

After taunts of psychological abuse for most of my younger years, they remained as core memories, played over and over again in my head. Eventually, I believed every criticism, every put down, every negative thing they said to me, about me.

I had no friends, no family, no self-esteem, no self respect, no confidence, I destroyed everything I had and I was just angry at everyone around me.

I pushed everyone away, rejected love, I was scared to meet new people and couldn´t even bare to look at myself in the mirror. I refused to talk about anything that I had been through, I couldn't accept what I had been through and I buried my deepest wounds where I thought they would never be found.

One early morning, before I woke up,

you know,

that feeling of in-between sleep, not quite awake,

yet not asleep?

I received the most powerful message from my spirit guides. So powerful, that it rocked me to my very core.

After acknowledging that I had just been given a monster task to fulfill, I was immediately guided to the sacred works of

"Kambo Flow."

and thus began my journey of inner healing, peace, discovery and everything else GOOD that I deserve.........everything happens for a reason!

The KamboFlow Ceremony

"I can feel the Spirits of Kambo swirling around, through my body, searching for what needs to be healed and rebalanced."

Tammy and James from @KamboFlow were kind enough to serve a Kambo ceremony in the comfort of my own home.

Their ceremonies are incredibly personal,

well thought out and planned,

bespoke and tailored around the intention of the individual.

We begin with a good ol´Saging!

We´re all cleared of negative energies, including the surrounding space.

The structure of the ceremony depends on the person, but for me, the next section would be the

"Sananga."

Sananga is a liquid produced from the sap of a tree from deep in the Amazon.

1 drop is placed in each eye and then it´s a challenge to open the eye and allow the liquid to soak in.

I´m not sure why we decide to torture ourselves with these medicines, but in all honesty, I´ve been wearing glasses for years now and I´m slowly finding that I no longer need them.

Yes, you read right......

Sananga is correcting my eyesight!

After the stinging has subsided, my body unclenches and begins to relax once more, I´m redirected back to the ceremony and we continue with a professional Buteyko Breathing session.

Using a range of breathing techniques, James and Tammy guide me through perfectly timed and demonstrated how many breaths, how fast and for how long.

At first, I found it difficult to follow, and to be honest,

I felt like a bit of a plonker!

But after a few sessions, I managed to get the gist and, I learnt how to control my breathing.

I have to say, the results were amazing.

Clear eyes and now a clear head! ....and we haven´t even arrived at the main part!

Tammy continues with a deep, meditation centered around the intention.

The meditations that Tammy creates, are by far the best I´ve ever experienced. It´s easy to see that this is exactly the perfect calling for Tammy, as she writes so beautifully. I allowed myself to go deep into meditation every time. I felt so safe and comfortable during the whole process.

It´s time for Kambo!

While James opens the gates, Tammy prepares the substance by scraping the dried secretion from the stick, mixing with water and separating into the corresponding dot amounts.

The buckets are placed, the tissues are placed......and so is the Kambo.